Writers featured on Negros Island Stories, including authors, poets, essayists, literary critics, and other figures connected with the literary culture of Negros Oriental.
Lakambini “Bing” Sitoy Lakambini “Bing” Sitoy is a Filipino writer, journalist, editor, and teacher with a long connection to Dumaguete and Silliman University. Her fiction has received national recognition in the Philippines and has also reached international readers through publication in Europe and North America. Biography Name: Lakambini A. Sitoy Also known as: Bing Sitoy
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Merlie Alunan-Wenceslao Merlie M. Alunan is a Filipina poet, fictionist, essayist, editor, educator, and cultural worker whose career has been closely connected with Visayan literature. Although born in Dingle, Iloilo, she has an important connection to Dumaguete through Silliman University, where she studied creative writing under Edilberto K. Tiempo and Edith L. Tiempo and later
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Edilberto K. Tiempo Edilberto K. Tiempo was a Filipino fiction writer, literary critic, educator, and one of the central figures in the development of Dumaguete’s literary culture. His long association with Silliman University and his role in founding the Silliman University National Writers Workshop gave him a lasting influence on generations of Filipino writers. Biography
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César Ruiz Aquino César Ruiz Aquino is a Filipino poet, fiction writer, educator, and literary figure closely associated with Dumaguete City and Silliman University. Through decades of writing, teaching, and mentoring at the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, he has become an important figure in the literary culture of Dumaguete and Negros Oriental. Biography Name:
Edith L. Tiempo Edith Lopez Tiempo was a Filipino poet, fiction writer, teacher, and literary critic closely associated with Silliman University in Dumaguete City. She was named National Artist for Literature in 1999 for her contributions to Philippine literature. Together with her husband, Edilberto K. Tiempo, she founded the Silliman University National Writers Workshop in
Ian Rosales Casocot Ian Rosales Casocot is included in Negros Island Stories as a Dumaguete writer, educator, and literary figure whose work has contributed to the city’s long-established writing and cultural community. His career includes fiction, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, teaching, participation in national writing programs, and involvement in institutions that have helped sustain Dumaguete’s
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